Not one inning of baseball has been played at Nationals Park since Sunday, but it’s been memorable for a different reason, as two days of wet weather and a freak injury to the ace pitcher have thrown the Nationals’ 11-game homestand into havoc.
The Nationals (33-38) were supposed to play four games against the Philadelphia Phillies (39-32) from Monday to Thursday. That plan was scrapped early due to storms in the District Monday evening. The teams waited them out — the rain stopped and started, with more ever-present on the radar — before finally calling it off close to 10 p.